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BAIL EAR.

(Application led Jan. 5, 1900.)

(llo Model.)

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PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES PUDDEFOOT, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

BAIL-EAR.

SPECIFGATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 655,173, dated July 31, 1900. Application led January 8, 1900. Serial No. 702. (No model.)

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES PUDDEFOOT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Detroit, in the county of Vayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bail-Ears, of which the followingisa specification,referencebeing had therein to the accompanying drawings.

The invention relates to an improved type ro of stud for attaching bails to receptacles, particularly metallic cans or pails; and the invention consists in the novel formation of the A stud and the peculiar manner of attaching the same to the article that is to be supported,

as more fully hereinafterdescribed and shown in the drawings, in which--n Figure l is a perspective view of a canembodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through the article tobe supported,

2o illustrating the manner of attaching the stud and showing the stud parts detached. Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the completed stud. Figs. 4t and 5 are modifications; and

Fig. 6 is a section on line :n cc, Fig. 3.

The reference-letter A designates a receptacle of any type, in this particular instance a tin can. B is the bail to be attached thereto, and C designates a stud to which the bail is secured. In the formation of the stud I employ a 3o headed metallic pin D, Fig. 2,whi ch is adapted to be inserted from the interior of the receptacle through an aperture E, formed in the can-body near the top. Upon the outwardlyextending portion of the pin I arrange, pref- 3 5 erably, a washer, such as F, and then by suitable mechanism atten the free end of the pin, thus forming an ear G and simultaneously clamping the washer and head H to the body of the can, as plainly shown in Fig. 3. The

4o flattened end or ear of the metallic pin is perforated at I, thus permitting the ear to receive the lbail-hook J, as indicated in Fig. l.

It Will be readily seen from the description of the stud and the manner in which it is applied to the receptacle that an exceedinglysimple attachment is provided for the bail, consisting merely of a single metallic pin having integral heads formed upon its opposite ends and provided with a bearing member which is adapted to'be clamped against one surface of the receptacle by the formation of one of the heads.

While I have shown one method of constructing the stud, Whichl deem the most simple and practicable in manufacture, I do not desire to be limited to this particular formation, as various other constructions, such as that shown in Figs. 4 and 5, could be employed without departing from the spirit of my invention. i

In the iigures referred to a headed metallic pin K is employed, the head L of which is an apertured ear instead of the usual type of head as shown in the preceding figures. The shank carries upon opposite sides of the canbody Washers or bearing members of any kind, such as M and O, which are clamped to the can by the formation of the head l?. Thus a structure is obtained substantially identical to that shown in Figs. 1 and 3, while the method of formation is practically the reverse to that first described.

What I claim as my invention is-rl. The combination with the article to be supported having an aperture extending therethrough, of a metallic pin extending through said aperture and beyond the opposite surfaces of the article, a head integral with and formed upon each end of the pin, one of said heads being flattened and apertured to receive the bail-hook, and a member upon the pin immediately adjacent to one surface of the article, adapted to be clamped against said surface upon the formation of one of the heads.

2. The combination with the article to be supported having an aperture extending therethrough, of'a metallic lug flattened and perforated to form an apertured ear, a pin integral with said ear extending through the aperture in the article, a washer upon the pin intermediate the ear and the adjacent surface of the article, and a head integral with the pin end opposite the ear adapted to beat against the other surface of said article.

3. In combination With the can or receptacle to be supported having an aperture extending through the body portion in proximity to the eau-top, of a headed metallic pin adapted to ing the pin end after the assemblage of 4the be insertedthrough the aperture from the inparts has been eeeted. j a 1o terior of they receptacle, a Washer upon the In testimony whereof I aix my signature outwardly-projecting portion of the pin, and in presence of two witnesses.

5 an apertured ear upon the pin end opposite CHARLES PUDDEFOOT.

the head clamping the latter and the Washer Witnesses: to the'can-body, the ear being formed and the L. J. VVHITTEMORE,

clamping simultaneously effected by flatten- H. C. SMITH. 

